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Meet the Digital Service Guru Who’s Helping New Recruits Navigate the Federal Bureaucracy
Nextgov sat down with Erie Meyer to get more insight into how she helps new recruits maneuver through a Mt. Everest of government regulations, rules and guidelines.
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Pentagon on Path to Launch Hacker-Proof Boeing Drone by 2018
Defense industry programmers are rewriting software on the helicopter drone to prevent outsiders from digitally infiltrating the aerial vehicle.
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Florida, Texas Residents Have the Most to Lose If Obamacare Hits Legal Setback
A pending Supreme Court case could drastically impact nearly 8 million people around the nation.
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GSA Announces IT Leadership Shuffle
The agency is losing both its CIO and the executive director of its digital office.
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WhiteHouse.gov Finally Gets Boosted Encryption
The announcement comes about a month after several government groups said they were transitioning to HTTPS-only public-facing websites.
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State Says it Needs to Rebuild Classified Computer Networks after Hack
State has asked Congress for $10 million to support "the necessary re-architecting of the classified and unclassified networks” at the department
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Introducing Route Fifty: GovExec State & Local Is Expanding Into an Upgraded Independent Digital News Publication
Route Fifty is coming in a few weeks and we’re going on a crosscountry ‘Roadmap’ roadtrip. Join us for the state and local journey in advance of our relaunch this spring.
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Are Medicaid IT Systems the Weak Link in Detecting Improper Payments?
Only three out of 10 states had ways to evaluate their systems for detecting and preventing improper payments, according to the GAO report.
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Watch President Obama’s National League of Cities Address
Building a tech worker pipeline ‘doesn’t just apply to San Francisco. This doesn’t just apply to Boston. It applies across the board in every part of the country,’ president tells attendees.
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What's Stopping Startups From Contracting with the Government?
One D.C.-based company claims it can give startups access to the federal government in six months.
Defense One
Pacific Command’s Adm. Locklear Shortlisted for Joint Chiefs Chairman
PACOM commander Adm. Samuel Locklear asked to delay retirement so Carter can consider him for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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How Predictive Policing Is Using Algorithms to Deliver Crime-Reduction Results for Cities
From its birth in Santa Cruz, California, advancing technology allows better deployment of police resources in departments across the nation.
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Why the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Has Eyes on the Arctic
NGA’s focus on the North Pole could allow the agency to go even more open source.
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Texas Bill Would Block Federal Funds for Local Rail Transit Projects
State senator with strong tea party convictions could cause more headaches for local officials.
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More States Consider 'Death With Dignity' Laws
Sean Crowley of Compassion & Choices: "[W]e are pursuing whatever are the most advantageous strategies in each state."
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Halvorsen Now Defense Department’s Permanent CIO
Terry Halvorsen gets the bump from acting CIO and will exercise authority over the Pentagon’s $36 billion IT budget.
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‘You Can Make Anything with a 3-D Printer’ and 3 Other Myths
A recent paper by intelligence community analysts and private sector researchers zeroes in on both the opportunities and risks of 3-D printing.
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Rahm Emanuel, Locked in a Mayoral Run-Off, Removes 50 Red-Light Cameras
Will Chicago voters see political opportunism in the mayor’s decision to reform the unpopular traffic enforcement program?
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Isis -- No, Not That One -- Wins $7 Million Pentagon Cyber Contract
The Pentagon has hired a little-known Virginia startup with an unfortunate name to work on a big data project.
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